Social desirability bias in diary panels IS evident in panelists' behavioral frequency

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 322-334

  Toh, Rex S ^a   Lee, Eunkyu ^b   Hu, Michael Y ^c  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HABIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; HABITS; HUMANS; RECORDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751505490     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.2.322-334     Document Type: Article

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